The Program (The Program, #1)

The Program by Suzanne Young
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book was so amazing. I loved the idea of teen suicide being a dangerous epidemic. Adults, scared and confused, had to do something fast. They decided to test a new found solution, The Program. The program is where they send suicidal kids and teens. The idea was very unstable and dangerous but they were getting too desperate. The program's job was simple, teens come in suicidal and leave forgetting why they wanted to kill themselves. This seemed like an amazing breakthrough but is the price it costs worth it? After the teens go through the program they are wiped blank, all of their memories are gone from the past few years. As long as they were alive the parents didn't care what the consequences were, and that's were are story begins...

Sloane is always aware of her surroundings, she knows better to be herself while she is around people. They are always watching... The Handlers, just waiting for an excuse to drag one of them away. Sloane has to deal with her brother's suicide in private, fearing what would happen if she let a tear loose. The only time she can be herself is while she's with her loving boyfriend James, who was her brother's best friend. Together with their friend Miller they comfort each other and keep each other in check. When Miller's old girlfriend comes back from the program Miller looses it and kills himself. James can't take loosing him so he becomes "infected" and looses the want to live. The Handlers soon take notice of this and drag him away to the program... Sloane is devastated and can't do it anymore, she becomes infected...

From here Sloane's journey is challenging, she faces many problems. The story is very compelling and will leave you wanting to read more. The only reason I took off a star is because the ending was not close to how good I wanted it to be.

Still definitely worth the read and I'm really excited for the next book to come out next year.

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